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For those interested, I was successfully able to purchase a Gold Rush Kit from VapingMall (I think I got really lucky and came across it the day they listed them as available) and I received it about 4 days ago. It cost me $52 with free shipping and it seems as if VapingMall keeps them in their direct inventory because the mod shipped from either NC or SC and I received it in WA State about 4 days later. If you're interested in one, I would definitely hold out until they get more in-stock, rather than buying them at the ridiculous $70+ price point madvapes wants.
$52 honestly isn't a bad price at all for this setup when you consider it's more capable than the Mini Volt and the Mini Volt full setup sells for around the same price (Mod + Vengeance tank)
The mod has so far actually blown my expectations out of the water. I haven't had any issues what-so-ever with the mod. I took it out of the box, primed my coil, filled up the tank, put the tank on the device, set the device to wattage mode and boom, functioned without issue.
I've been using the mod with the 49er tank and 0.5ohm Kanthal coil as well as a Derringer Clone with a 0.4ohm build on it and both work great. The mod has one of the best coil detection systems I have ever seen. Whenever you screw in a new atomizer the device immediately asks if it's a new coil or old coil and doesn't allow you to proceed without selecting an option. Build quality is better than expected. No odd defects, scuffs or even button rattle. The battery life is also a lot better than I had expected. Oh and the menu navigation on this device is actually superb. It's extremely easy to switch between wattage, TC Ni and TC Ti. It's also super easy to set the sleep time or turn the sleep function off completely. I'd love to see these guys make some full-sized, higher wattage mods with whatever chip and menu system their using because it's actually very good.
The 49er tank has also exceeded my expectations. I haven't messed around with the tank that much, but that's part of the beauty...it just works and it works well! The top fill design on this tank is simple...but it has some of the largest fill ports I have ever seen on a top fill tank. You could fit any dripper or bottle tip in the fill ports and fill it up. You could almost fill a turkey baster with
ejuice and fit it in the fill ports. I'm getting great flavor from the 0.5 Kanthal coil in the tank and the coil heads are not leaking. Wick holes on the coils are pretty huge as are the
juice control ports within the tank, so even when chain
vaping back to back I haven't gotten any dry hits. I think I like this 49er tank more than I like the Kanger Subtank Mini and that's saying something.
I've only had it for four days, so it's not yet possible to tell if it has any sort of long-term issues, but at this point I am fairly confident is saying that the device and tank are worth buying.
The only issue I can think of off-hand is that I cannot find a source for replacement coils for the 49er tank. I'm also unsure if there's any other manufacturers coils you can use within the tank, so that may prove to be an issue pretty soon.